offline-deps/
  installers/
    python-3.13.12-amd64.exe
  wheels/
    jsbsim-1.3.0-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl
    numpy-2.4.4-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl
  checksums/
    SHA256SUMS.txt
  python-runtime/
    ...

venv/
  Scripts/
    python.exe

python-runtime/ is a project-local Python installation used to create venv/. venv/ is the runtime environment used by the Node service.

Fresh Offline Install

Run these commands from the repository root:

cd D:\Coding\AS_Test

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\offline-deps\setup-jsbsim-offline.ps1

The script will:

install the bundled Python runtime into offline-deps\python-runtime
create venv
install JSBSim from offline-deps\wheels
write service\.env.local

To force-create venv again:

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\offline-deps\setup-jsbsim-offline.ps1 -Force

Manual Install

Run these commands from the repository root:

cd D:\Coding\AS_Test

offline-deps\installers\python-3.13.12-amd64.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=0 TargetDir="%CD%\offline-deps\python-runtime" Include_launcher=0 PrependPath=0 Include_test=0 Include_doc=0 Include_tcltk=0 Include_pip=1

offline-deps\python-runtime\python.exe -m venv venv

.\venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install --no-index --find-links offline-deps\wheels jsbsim==1.3.0

Verify Python Packages

.\venv\Scripts\python.exe -c "import jsbsim, numpy; print('jsbsim', jsbsim.__version__); print('numpy', numpy.__version__)"

Expected versions:

jsbsim 1.3.0
numpy 2.4.4

Run Service With JSBSim Backend

If you used the one-click setup script, it already created service\.env.local. You can start the service directly:

cd D:\Coding\AS_Test\service
npm.cmd run start

Manual environment setup:

cd D:\Coding\AS_Test\service

$env:SIM_BACKEND='jsbsim'
$env:JSBSIM_PYTHON='D:\Coding\AS_Test\venv\Scripts\python.exe'

npm.cmd run start

The service URL remains:

http://127.0.0.1:4317

Smoke Test

In a second PowerShell window:

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri http://127.0.0.1:4317/health

Then test trim:

$body = @{
  aircraftId = 'c172p-jsbsim'
  altitudeM = 1000
  speedMps = 50
  headingDeg = 0
  flightPathAngleDeg = 0
} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 8

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri http://127.0.0.1:4317/trim -Method Post -ContentType 'application/json' -Body $body

Then test straight simulation:

$body = @{
  aircraftId = 'c172p-jsbsim'
  sampleRateHz = 5
  durationSec = 1
  initialState = @{
    position = @(0, 1000, 0)
    velocityMps = 50
    headingDeg = 0
  }
  maneuver = @{
    type = 'straight'
    parameters = @{
      flightPathAngleDeg = 0
    }
  }
} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 8

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri http://127.0.0.1:4317/simulate -Method Post -ContentType 'application/json' -Body $body

Notes

The current JSBSim backend supports straight, climb, and descent only.
level-turn is still handled by the mock backend until JSBSim control input scripting is added.
The current smoke-test aircraft is c172p-jsbsim.
If deploying to a different path, update JSBSIM_PYTHON to point at that machine's venv\Scripts\python.exe.
If using custom JSBSim aircraft data instead of the data bundled with the Python wheel, set JSBSIM_ROOT.